Tag: dance

I was so glad to have Angela making the playlist again this week, one less task for me to do on my own. It was our second week in the ALC backroom space and it finally dawned on me how much more work there is to do here than at MHW.

Playlist for week 6 was a bit more miss than hit I think. It may have been a reflection of all of our mental spaces more than anything though.

I asked the others afterwards which tracks they liked the most, and those in bold reflect that. I’ve been playing too many ‘dance’ anthem tracks I think. Need more classics, been playing songs in particular that Vic thinks are too trashy. Need to add more 80’s New Wave it seems.

I actually created this playlist a day in advance, good for me. Maybe I should be posting these playlists onto the facebook page at the end of the night so people can look them up later. Or perhaps I could be making surveys to see who likes which tracks the most. Possibilities. The key thing here is that I’m documenting. Still need to make some flyers. That should be my focus.

First few tracks are warm-ups. Can’t really go too crazy with Cat power. Chuck Berry should make us laugh a bit. Hole should get us ready to get dirty. I will be there early this week.

Tonight there was four of us, I was feeling a bit low because of background stuff and the spring heat was making it hard to just be silly. I think my favourite songs were Move Your Feet, Easy and Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now).

Our third week! We danced for the whole hour, but it was only myself, Vic and Hillol. Hilol was joining us for the first time, so I added a song I knew he would love – Sister Nancy’s – “BAM BAM”. I’ve decided to start making a separate ‘tonight’ playlist from the whole massive list. This way the mixing is done in advance. I’ve also decided to start keeping track of the playlists too. Spotify was REALLY unhelpful with this, but I finally figured out how to get track names and artists. Pity it doesn’t give timing too.

I’m really excited about trying to set up a chapter of NLNL at the school in East Harlem. I’ve been waiting to hear back about next steps. Just discovered that they were recently featured on the National Broadcaster’s [ABC] (Australian) legendary 7.30 Report.